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antochat



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Help!!

We currently have a 05' Disco3 HSE and our lease is up in a couple months. We're trying to decide whether to get another Disco3 or go with a RRS. The Disco3 was 7 passenger, but we really don't need then room anymore. We've driven the RRS and I love it...yes its the wife. She likes it too but she loves the chunky truckish feeling of the Disco3. She says the RRS feels too smooth and drives more like a car. True...does anyone have both? What do you all think? I think she'll love the RRS put I need some ammo and input. It would be greatly appreciated!

Post #59978 Wed Oct 04 2006 12:25am
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Antochat, we have both and I do regularly find myself comparing them. Our D3 is an "S" and the RRS is an "HSE" so its not like for like. Both vehicles share a great deal in terms of components and genetic code - but (IMHO) - the "in use experience" is very different. I have said in the past that the D3 is Function over Form whilst the RRS is Form over Function. There is no doubt that the D3 does more than the RRS because it is designed to have a wider spread of abilities. The RRS lacks the capacity, flexibility and family friendly features of the D3. The RRS does have an edge in driving experience (it is slightly sharper and more nimble due to lower mass and some enhanced suspension components). However the main difference is how you "feel" driving each car and how other people "react" to the car. The RRS feels and looks like a prestige car and commands a reaction from others that is consistent with that. The D3 feels like a more utilitarian (some might even say more "honest") vehicle and again, commands a reaction from others that is consistent with that.

To be frank, drivers of each car usually have different priorities in life. Spend an hour browsing the RRSport and Disco3 forums (fori ?) and there is a quite different feel to the subjects that come up / language that is used - that very accuratetly reflects the different feel of the vehicles and the different owners they attract.

Both are excellent cars and neither would be a mistake..... RRS TDv8 HSE Rimini
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Get the RRS sport, its fanastic and cool.... Disco's are for farmers.....

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Berliner wrote:
Get the RRS sport, its fanastic and cool.... Disco's are for farmers.....


Put another way, some RRS owners think D3's are for Farmers whilst some D3 owners think RRS's are for footballers (and/or their wives).

You pays your money and you takes your choice ....... RRS TDv8 HSE Rimini
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Thanks everyone for you're opinion. And still its a hard decision. They are both great!

I think we'll try something new...I may become a new regular on the forum...keep you posted.

Thanks again for your .02

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Smarticus wrote:
Put another way, some RRS owners think D3's are for Farmers whilst some D3 owners think RRS's are for footballers (and/or their wives).


More like drug dealers! Ner Ner Ner Ner Ner Ner Ner Ner

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Smarticus wrote:
Berliner wrote:
Get the RRS sport, its fanastic and cool.... Disco's are for farmers.....


Put another way, some RRS owners think D3's are for Farmers whilst some D3 owners think RRS's are for footballers (and/or their wives).

You pays your money and you takes your choice .......



This is a RRS forum.... so we are all biased towards the Sport...

The footballer thing is a myth... Prince charles as a Range Rover and he certainly isn't a footballer.. The US is a huge market and they certainly have no idea about football... In Germany, Range Rover owners are successfull business people or "old money" who love British culture....they could easily buy a porsche or a Benz...

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Derek wrote:
Smarticus wrote:
Put another way, some RRS owners think D3's are for Farmers whilst some D3 owners think RRS's are for footballers (and/or their wives).


More like drug dealers! Ner Ner Ner Ner Ner Ner Ner Ner



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@ Derek Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter




@ Berliner like most of us Germans you is just fu***** to serious..... Shocked


He'll learn!!!! Or go mad in the process! Big Cry

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XXXAngelXXX wrote:
@ Derek Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter




@ Berliner like most of us Germans you is just fu***** to serious..... Shocked


Who says I am German? I might be a "Range Roving European", living in a several parts of Europe at once.....ey by gum (who in Germany would say this?)

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